Course on Enhancing Maritime Security

How do you deal with maritime crimes at sea - and how do you
train others to do so? These are the skills being taught on the
latest in a series of regional training of trainers courses on
combating insecurity in the maritime domain.

Participants learned teaching skills. They were also becoming
familiar with how to deal with maritime crimes at sea, including
piracy/robbery, drug trafficking, marine terrorism, weapons
smuggling, and human trafficking. The training was being
conducted by subject matter experts from the Saudi Arabia Border
Guard, International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent and
International Maritime Organization (IMO)

The course was jointly organized by IMO and the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia under the auspices of the Jeddah Amendment to Djibouti
Code of Conduct.

It was part of a training programme to prepare selected
participants to acquire the necessary skills to deliver training
in their own countries and regionally. This was the tenth course
in a series under a sponsorship program of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, through IMO. To date, 226 students from across the region
have benefitted from the training, since 2013.